Louis XIV, then Dauphin of France, in 1642, one year before his accession to the throne, by Philippe de Champaigne During his childhood, he was taken care of by the governesses Françoise de Lansac and Marie-Catherine de Senecey. In 1646, Nicolas V de Villeroy became the young king'...
Svengali in a Skirt; Sibling Loyalty ... Madame Adelaide and Her Brother, Louis-Philippe, at the Height of Their Power
Louis was the great-grandson of King Louis XIV (ruled 1643–1715) and the son of Louis, duc de Bourgogne, and Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy. Because his parents and his only surviving brother had all died in 1712, he became king at the age of five on the death of Louis XIV (September...
Philip was the second son of Philip IV, who made him count ofPoitiersin 1311. When his elder brother, KingLouis X, died in 1316, leaving an infant daughterJoan by his adulterous first wife, and a pregnant widow, Philip won recognition as regent for the unborn child and then, upon its ...
He was the third son of Napoleon I’s brother Louis Bonaparte, who was king of Holland from 1806 to 1810, and his wife, Hortense de Beauharnais Bonaparte, stepdaughter of Napoleon I. Louis-Napoléon’s childhood and youth were spent largely in exile. His mother, like all the Bonapartes,...